Books to Prisons

There is currently more than 2 million people incarcerated in state and federal prisons in the USA. Prisoners need books to help pass the time and try to educate themselves. At many prisons there are very few books available to the prison population, and often what is there is poor quality pulp fiction like romance novels and action thrillers.

Prison libraries are often very limited, and access to them is often highly restricted, so sending books to incarcerated family members and friends is often necessary and the only way for prisoners to access reading material.

As you probably could imagine, most prisoners have very little to look forward to but the passing of time. Mail is often the biggest part of the day. Most prisons have very strict rules regarding mail and parcels received by the prisoners. But most prisons will allow soft cover books and non-spiraled magazines to be sent if directly from the publisher, including magazine subscriptions.

Prisoners Love Books and Magazines to Read

There are many restrictive regulations governing books sent to prisoners behind bars, which makes it important that you follow some important rules to maximise the chance that those who are incarcerated receive your reading material.

Use our search facility to find the prison or jail that your friend or family member is incarcerated at and read the rules and comments by others that have sent books to prisoners,